What Could Have Been by Heather Guerre EPUB & PDF – eBook Details
- Author: Heather Guerre
- Language: English
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“DID you hear Ashlyn Vandale is back in town?”
It’d been more than a decade since Noah had last seen Ashlyn Vandale,
and she hadn’t crossed his mind much since then, but hearing her name still
sparked a frisson of irritation. His brother Wesley knew it, too, judging by the
shit-eating smirk on his face. Noah couldn’t give Wes the satisfaction of
getting a rise out of him.
“There’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time,” he replied neutrally.
Wes shrugged, turning his attention back to the grout float in his hand.
“Her grandma died. Guess she’s come back to settle the estate.”
Noah snorted. “She left town the minute she graduated and never visited
that poor old woman even once. But now that there’s money on the table, she
finally decides to show her face again?”
Wes’s gaze lifted to Noah’s. The smirk was back. “You sound a little
bitter there, brother.”
He shouldn’t have been. It’s not like Ashlyn Vandale was a traumatic part
of his life. She’d been more like a constant irritant. She was perfect. Not
worshipful perfection, but rather, suspicious, too-good-to-be-true perfection.
She’d been the valedictorian of their graduating class, varsity captain of the
girls’ volleyball and soccer teams, first violin in the school orchestra, editor-
in-chief of the school newspaper, and had spent every Sunday in church.
Her parents had died when she was two, and she’d been raised by her
grandmother. Noah might have felt bad about that if she hadn’t milked that
sob story for all it was worth—the sad little orphan bit really added to the
adulation everyone heaped on her. On top of all that, the girl had been
senselessly beautiful, which was just a waste, because in all the years Noah
had known her, not a single person had ever thawed that perfect ice queen.
In contrast, Noah had been the constantly-high delinquent burnout who’d
only managed to graduate high school by the skin of his teeth. And he’d had
no excuse.
He came from a big, loving, supportive family. They weren’t rich,
but they weren’t poor. Their parents had happily shuttled them to practices,
paid for sports equipment and instruments, cheered them on no matter what
their pursuits. Noah had had all the resources to match Ashlyn’s perfection,
and instead, he’d been her polar opposite.
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